Programs at the Bacon Free Library

The BACON FREE LIBRARY is located at 58 Eliot St., Rte. 16, in South Natick. The library website is baconfreelibrary.org. For additional information or to sign up for programs, call 508-653-6730.

ART EXHIBIT: Artist Friends of the Bacon Free Library. Nine artists – Dassie Abelson, Jodie Apesche, Su Eagan, Randa Khuri, Carol Krentzman, Barbara Levine, Sally Meding, Eujin Kim Neilan, and Amy Steinmetz – have created a very special exhibit at the BFL, which will remain up for a year! In addition, we have art donated by Bren Bataclan and Sheila Fortune!

RESERVE MUSEUM PASSES: Get discounted rates at the Museum of Science, the Gardens at Elm Bank, Mass Audubon, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Zoo New England. Stop by the library, visit the website or call to put one on hold.

STORY TIME SCHEDULE: Story times will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

MOMMY & ME MOVE IT: 10-11 a.m. on Mondays. Attention kiddos: bring your mom or dad and join us for a fun 30 minutes of yoga, dancing, marching, hopping, and anything else to get us moving on a Monday morning! When weather permits, we’ll be outside.

YOGA AT THE BFL: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Saturdays. Registration is required. Every Saturday, join for an hour of yoga taught by instructors from Elements 3 Yoga. Weather permitting, we will be outside, but space for each class is limited. Weekly sign ups will begin the Monday before a class (to be fair to all of our yoga enthusiasts out there!). Visit our website or call 508-653-6730 to register. Bring your own yoga mat, choice of hydration, and yoga blocks if you have them. Participants must be 18 or older and need to sign our Yoga Waiver.

BOOK BUFFET JUNIOR EDITION: 4 p.m. Nov. 28. Kids in grades 1-4, join us for an open book talk! You choose the book you want to read and talk about, and then come and tell us all about it! You may discover something you’ve never heard of before or you may inspire a friend to read a book they haven’t picked up.

BOOK CLUB AND COOKIE SWAP: Nov. 28. Join for a discussion of “The Dinner” by Herman Koch, plus the optional third annual cookie swap. Come at 6:30 with two dozen cookies to trade and bring extras to share with the group. Then join at 7 p.m. for a re-discussion of “The Dinner.” Copies available at the library.

LORETTA CHASE AND CAROLINE LINDEN — A CONVERSATION: 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Join for a conversation between two great romance writers, plus celebrate the book birthday of Loretta Chase’s latest release “A Duke in Shining Armor,’ which comes out the day before. New England Mobile Book Fair will provide books for purchase and signing. Please register so we have enough cake. Call 508-653-6730 or visit our website.

ADULT CRAFTERS NEEDED: 3-5 p.m. Dec. 1. Calling all gingerbread aficionados: help us decorate Fran’s gingerbread house, based on a classic children’s book, which we will be displayed at the Gingerbread Festival. No skills necessary and all materials provided. There may be snacks.

FRENCH CONVERSATION CLUB: 9:15 a.m. Dec. 2 and 16. Join for an hour of French conversation and brush up on your language skills.

COOKBOOK CLUB AND GADGET EXCHANGE: 12:30 p.m. Dec. 2. Join in cooking and eating from “How to Celebrate Everything” by Jenny Rosenstrach. We’ll also do a kitchen utensil Yankee swap! Bring in a useful tool you would like to share with a friend (keeping it less than $10!) and we’ll swap!

GINGERBREAD FESTIVAL: Dec. 5-21. Check out an array of gingerbread creations by local cake artists on display at the library, then enter our raffle to take one home for the holidays! Purchase raffle tickets or bring in an item of canned goods in exchange for a ticket. All food items will be donated to A Place to Turn.

ENVIRONMENTAL BOOK CLUB: 7 p.m. Dec. 5. With Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor, join for a discussion of “Trace” by Lauret Savoy. Copies available at the library.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: 1 p.m. Dec. 7. Join to discuss “The Keeper of Lost Causes” by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Copies available at the library.

SANTA VISIT: 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 9. Join in welcoming Santa to the Bacon Free Library, where he’ll take a quick break from his North Pole duties to visit the children of Natick! We will also be collecting new hats, scarves, and mittens for A Place to Turn, and gently used winter coats for the Town of Natick. Plus, check out our Gingerbread Festival while you’re here! Sponsored by the Friends of the BFL.

KNIT AND CROCHET CLUB: 6 p.m. Dec. 12. Join once a month for an hour of knitting or crocheting (or both!). Bring your projects to work on in congenial company.

FRIENDS OF THE BFL MEETING: 7:15 p.m. Dec. 12.

COMIC BOOK GROUP: 7 p.m. Dec. 14. With Morse Institute Library, join at the BFL to discuss “5000km Per Second” by Manuele. Copies available at both libraries.

HISTORY BOOK CLUB: 1 p.m. Dec. 19 at Natick Community Center. Join for a discussion of “At Home” by Bill Bryson. Books available at the BFL.

THE COPLEY CATS A CAPPELLA CONCERT: 7 p.m. Dec. 19.

GULP FICTION 20-30 SOMETHING BOOK CLUB: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at Agostino’s Italian Restaurant. “Then We Came to the End” by Joshua Ferris. As always, drinks are dutch.

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